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Tables

Table 1: Key to stability categories (Ref. 8, 9)

Day with insolation

Nights

Wind speed (ms-1) at z = 10 m

strong

moderate

slight

Overcast or low
cloud

Cloud

<2

A-B

2-3

A-B

3-5

B-C

5-6

C-D

>6

3A: extremely unstable, B: moderately unstable, C: slightly unstable, D: neutral conditions, E:

4slightly stable, F: moderately stable
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Table 2: Fitted values for y and z (Ref 10)

CLASS
A
B
C
D
E

A
0.4
0.295
0.20
0.13
0.098

x1(meters)
250
1000
1000
1000
1000

B (X X1)
0.125
0.119
0.111
0.105
0.100

p( X X1)
1.03
0.986
0.911
0.827
0.778

X2(meters)
500
10000
10000
10000
10000

B( X1X X2)
0.00883
0.0579
0.111
0.392
0.373

p( X1X X2)
1.51
1.09
0.911
0.636
0.587

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Table 3: Weather data for Bokaro Steel City

Date
Wind Speed in
Km/h

23/04
8

24/04
9

25/04
8

26/04
10

27/04
7

8
9
Unit Name

Blast
Furnace-4
Blast Furnace
-5
Blast Furnace
stoves
10

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Table 4: The emission data from Bokaro Steel Plant

Stack height,
(m)

Stack dia,
(m)

Particulate emission
rate, kg/h

50

Effective
stack
height,
(m)
72.45

SOx
emission
rate, kg/h

8.2

18.29174

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50

73.65

8.2

18.52307

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70

118.02

3.5

4.645

5.91

NOx
emission
rate, kg/h

3.25